- Needles and Pins (1963 song)
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Name = Needles and Pins
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Artist =Jackie DeShannon
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Genre =Rock and roll Beat music
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Writer =Jack Nitzsche ,Sonny Bono
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Name = Needles and Pins
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Artist = The Searchers
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B-side = "Saturday Night Out "
Released = 1964
Format =7" single
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Genre = Merseybeat
Length = 2:14
Label =Pye 7N15594 (UK)
Kapp 577 (USA)
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Chart position = UK: #1
Last single = "Sweet Nothins"
(1963)
This single = "Needles and Pins"
(1964)
Next single = "Don't Throw Your Love Away "
(1964)
Misc =:"For other uses of "Needles and Pins", seeNeedles and Pins "Needles and Pins" is asong byJack Nitzsche andSonny Bono , originally recorded byJackie DeShannon . Other hit versions of the song were recorded by The Searchers,Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers withStevie Nicks and by theRamones .Jackie DeShannon version (1963)
The song's original was recorded by
Jackie DeShannon in1963 and in the US, peaked at #84 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart in May of that year [See: "Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990", Record Research, Inc., Menomonee Falls WI, 1991] . Though it was only a minor US hit, DeShannon's recording of the song topped the charts in English Canada, hitting number one on theCHUM Chart in early 1963.The Searchers version (1964)
The Searchers heard British performer
Cliff Bennett perform "Needles and Pins" at a club inHamburg, Germany , and instantly wanted it to be their next single. Soon after, in1964 , "Needles and Pins" appeared on the Searchers' next album, "It's Fab! It's Gear! It's The Searchers ". It peaked at #13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart in America and was number one in theUnited Kingdom .Other versions
Cher also recorded the song in 1964, but didn't have huge success with it. Her husbandSonny Bono who co-wrote it, suggested that she should record it, and it was recorded a day after. In1986 ,Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers withStevie Nicks , recorded a live version of "Needles and Pins" for which entered the top 40. Various other artists have recorded the song "Needles and Pins", includingWilly DeVille on his 1999 ("Horse of a Different Color" album),Crack The Sky (on their "World in Motion 1 " album) [Crack The Sky, "World in Motion 1", LP Criminal #1696 (1983)] , Smokie, the Ramones (on their "Road to Ruin" album) as well as the Swedish national rock-band Ultima Thule (on their "Blonda Svenska Vikingar" album).Serbian doo wop bandVampiri recorded a version with lyrics inSerbian language entitled "Ona i ja" on their1995 album "Plavi grad".Megadeth made use of a sample of the song for the introduction of "Use the Man" from their 1997 album "Cryptic Writings " (later removed in remaster).References
* "Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990" Record Research, Inc., Menomonee Falls WI, 1990
ISBN 0-89820-089-X
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